Seymour Hersh: White House Intensifying Plans to Attack Iran

international | anti-war / imperialism | other press Tuesday October 02, 2007 20:14 by Maluka

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Democracy Now is reporting that : "In his latest article in the New Yorker magazine, http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/10/08/071008fa_...=true investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports there has been a significant increase in the tempo of planning for war with Iran inside the Bush administration. Hersh says the White House recently requested the Joint Chiefs of Staff redraw longstanding plans for a possible attack. Hersh also reports the Bush administration's rationale for bombing Iran has shifted from Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program to Iran's role in Iraq".

Transcript of Amy Goodman's and Juan Gonzalez's interview of Hersch available on link.